Essays about: "Central Skellefte District"

Found 3 essays containing the words Central Skellefte District.

  1. 1. The Structural Architecture of the Barsele Area, Sweden : Characterising the deformation events and mineralisation

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

    Author : Jaide Derbyshire; [2021]
    Keywords : Barsele; Structural Geology; Mineralisation; Deformation;

    Abstract : Located at an important intersect between orogenic Au deposits in Sweden’s Gold Line and volcanicmassive sulphide (VMS) deposits in the Skellefte Mining District, the Barsele area is of high interest.Currently, the Barsele deposit consists of the Norra VMS deposit and 3 intrusive-hosted orogenic Audeposits: Avan, Central, and Skiråsen which are hosted in a 1876 ± 10 Ma early orogenic granodiorite(Thomas, et al. READ MORE

  2. 2. U-Pb age constraints on the host rocks of the Barsele Norra Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposit, northern Sweden

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

    Author : Maria Sandlund; [2021]
    Keywords : Geochronology; Skellefte district; Barsele; VMS; LA-ICP-MS; SEM;

    Abstract : The Barsele area is located in the "Gold Line", southwest of the volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) Skellefte district which hosts more than 85 known VMS-deposits where some are gold-bearing. The Barsele area consists of the Central, Avan and Skiråsen intrusion hosted gold deposits, the Norra gold-bearing VMS-deposit and the Risberget zone. READ MORE

  3. 3. Volcanic facies and hydrothermal alteration at the Norra volcanigenic massive sulfide deposit : Storuman area, Sweden

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

    Author : Meseret Gebreyesus; [2020]
    Keywords : Volcanic massive sulfide deposit; alteration zonation; volcanic chemostratigraphy; facies architecture;

    Abstract : The Skellefte District, with a long and rich history of base metal extraction that commenced asearly as 1924, is rated amongst the leading mining provinces in Sweden and Europe. The districtrepresents a Paleoproterozoic volcanic arc hosting more than 85 known (gold-bearing) VMSdeposits and several economic grade orogenic gold occurrences. READ MORE